Swing.



Tu D. MONTAGUE.

SWING.

APPLwATwN mum AUG. 11, 190s.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Witwen@ .THOMAS D. MONTAGUE, OF PIGTURERDCKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed August 11, 1908. Serial No. 448,043.

To all whom it lmay concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. MoN- "rAGUE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Picture Rocks, in the county of Lycomitn and State of Pennsylvania,

have invente new and useful Improvements in Swings, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relatesvto swings, and one lo of the principal objects of the same is to provide a swing of simple construction which will be* provided with means to prevent children from falling fioiu the seat during the operation of the swing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a swing in which. the suspending ropes will be connected to the seat and extend through the bar for supporting the back and through the side arms and front bara; means being provided for preventing the parts of the swing from becoming displaced in use.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pair of swings made in accordance with my .invention and having supported therefrom a platform or foot rest. Fig. 2 is a. perspective View of a modiiied form of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of one of the platform supports broken away in the center. Fig. 4 is a detail section illustrating the manner in which the lower bar of the back is pivoted to the side bars of the seat.

Fig. 5 is a detail view in partial section,

showing the manner of securing the upper cross bar of the back to a strand of the supporting rope. Fig. 6 is a detail in .partial section, showingthe balls or spheres through which the supporting ro e passes to space the bars apart and to holcFthein inoperative positions. p

Referring tothe drawing, the numeral`1 designates the seat of the swing comprising side bars 2 and cross slats 3, said' slats being secured at plroper distances a art by nails,

screws or ot er fastenings. T e back of the se? consists of the cross bar 4 provided withf:

en pintles 5 mounted in sockets inthe side bars 2,- as shown more particularly in Fig` 4. Connected to the cross bar i are the upright members 6, the upper cross bar T being connected to' the u )right 6 by sliitable fastenin'gs 8. The si e arms 9\ are supported at their rear ends upon the cross bar 7, and

12 are formed in the ends of the rope to sustain the weight of the swing. pending rope in front extends through the guard bar 10, the side arms 9 and the front cross slat of the seat and through the Aside bars 2, the ends of the rope being knotted, as previously mentioned.

Upon reference to, Fig. 1 it will be seen that the suspending ropes at the 'front and back of the seat are brought together at the point 13 and are connected to single strands 14 provided with hooks 15 designed to engage screw eyes on a suitable support. The ropes 11 may each comprise a single strand, and the supporting members 14 ina be connected at the required point to ba ance the swing. r

In order to hold the side arms2 the rear cross bar and the guard bar 10 in pro er relative relation to the seat, I have provi ed va series of balls or spheres 16 having holes extending through the same to accommodate the ropes 11, as shown in Fig. 6, and these balls or spheres may be arranged as shown inFig. 1.

As shown in Fig. 5, the cross bar 7 is connected to the rope 11 by means of a nail `or pin 17, and the balls or spheres 16 are omitted.

A detachable platform 'or foot rest is.

shown in Fig. 1 and consists of, side bars 18 connected by slats 19, said side bars 16 being supported u on metal yokes comprising Across bars 20 an upright arms 21, said arms bars, a back pivoted to said side bars. a cross bar connected to the back, side arms having their ends adjacent the ends of the' cross bar at the hack, a guard bar resting upon The sussaid Side arms at the front, exble suspending devices extending through Suid sderms and cross bars, and connected to said sont, and means for holding the side arms and cross bars spaced from said sont.

2. A swing comprising a sont composed of sidix bars and cross slats, u buck pivoted to the sido bars, a cross bar connected to the back, Side arms restino' upon said cross bnr nt the back, u guard Ear resting upon said sdeurms at the front, suspending ropes extendin through said bars and provided with knots` or su )porting the swing, and balls through Whic said suspending rope extends, said balls serving to hold the parts of the 15 swing in proper relative ostons.

In testimony whereof aHix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS D. MONTAGUE. Witnesses:

C. W. BURROWS, E. S. BURxows. 

